Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-30

and John Donahue of Merrimac
Wis, the men who were badly burn
ed by the powder explosion on
the Chicago, Madison 81 Northern
railroad, near Monroe, last Thursday
are both dead.
The hospitable and patr iotic peo.
pie of Wal3wich are doing their
utmost to make the celebration and
basket picnic to be held in the
grove near the Yellowstone church
an event which none who attend
will have occasion fer regret.
We are pleaded with every day
to wake up the street sprinkler, the
parties claimi ng that it fails by hall
to accomplish what it ought. If
the job is only partially done then
pay accordingly, is the remedy we
suggest.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee aud st.
Paul Railway Company's locomo-
tive and repair shops at WATERFOWL
junction, Wis, were destroyed by
fire early Friday morning. The
flames wiped out the eutire plant,
the loss being estimated at 100000.
BROTHER Monahan of the Oar
lington Republican is becoming
SO very witty we feel constrained to
reproduce the following specimen:
"The potato bug appears to receive
Get one of those large photos of
the old settlers at Zwiefel 8 gallery
more attention than the bed bug"
A Kansas paper publishes the
following unique reminder to its de-
linquent subscribers: "There is a
little matter that Some of our Sub
ScriberS have Seemingly forgotten
entirely. Some of them have made
us many promises, but have not
kept them. To us it's an important
matter. It's necessary in our bust
ness. We are very modest and
don't like to Speak about it.
DARLINGTON recently had an Old
Settlers meeting, which was a
grand success in every particular.
Mineral Point had but two repre-
sentatives, John Hales and John
Daley. The Oldest inhabitant was
Polete King, who was born in Wis
consin in 1914. The membership
of the association was extended to
l $50 instead of ls48 as formerly.
THE game of ball last Friday af-
ternoon between mines that were in
tended to be made up strictly Of
persons engaged in business on High
street, and who were green and un
practiced in the game, was robbed
Of all interest and novelty by the
putting in as substitutes young men
who are more or less in practice.
Three innings were played, the score
standing 33 to 10 in favor of the
south side.
Ir is announced that the Iowa
county insane asylum is now com
pleted except little outside paint
ing, and the female patients have
been removed to the ward fitted es-
pecially for their occupation. A
large cistern has been constructed,
measuring Is feet in the shortest
diameter, which will contain an
abundance of water for the ordi-
nary use of the asylum, and which
has cost the county but few dol
lars, the labor having been perform
ed by the able bodied inmates.
A PICKED UP nine Of this city
played game of ball with the
second nine of Linden's club at the
fair grounds Saturday afternoon.
During the first part of the game
our boys led away from their oppo-
uents with apparent ease, but gener
al let up seem to have setin toward the
close and Linden went to the front
Score so to Al. The game demon
strated the necessity of practice
particularly together, to accomplish
successful work on the diamond
Before leaving the grounds the
Mineral Point boys showed a viii
! i5pUnase ~ meat tho Tindanitas